Financing Feasibility Fund I (FI3F) – a $30 mil. Global Project Development Fund announced by the Broad Street Capital Group

(New York City, NY, February 20, 2018)   For Immediate Release

Fresh from its recent success, as the Financial Developer of the $250 million OPIC insured capital markets financing for NAEK Energoatom of Ukraine, Broad Street Capital Group has announced today that it will establish a $30 mil. Financing Feasibility Fund I (Fi3F™) – a global project development fund to provide feasibility grants and pre-financing development funding for qualified emerging markets’ OPIC-insured infrastructure projects to be financed in the US capital markets.

The Fund will provide qualified Governments and State-owned borrowers feasibility seed funding in the amounts between $350,000 and $1 million dollars and pre-financing bridge loans in the amount of $1.25 to $2.5 million per project.

The Fi3F™ Fund will develop and seed international projects whose financing requirements fall between $150 mil. and $1 billion, and which will span the industry segments ranging from energy, airspace, transportation to agriculture, infrastructure and healthcare. The projects should be located in credit-challenged emerging market countries, which represent priority markets under OPIC’ development finance and insurance mandate. Financing terms for the projects will be between 10 and 20 years. A strong US supply nexus and willingness of the host governments  to provide sovereign guarantees for the financing, will be key considerations during the project selection stage.

Participation in the Fi3F™ will be open to qualified private and institutional  investors, with at least 51% of all the shareholders being US nationals. The management of the fund will utilize proven project development techniques and will be administered by an experienced team consisting of leading legal, insurance and financial experts, a placement agent and the financial developer. The Fund will obtain Political Risk Insurance from OPIC to protect its funds and will retain a top tier investment bank to act the the Paying Agent to administer all the payments and disbursements. Fi3F’ returns are targeted to fall in the 12-17% range annually.

Call for the first round of Financing Feasibility Proposals will commence April 25, 2018.

About the Broad Street Capital Group

Based in the heart of New York City’s Financial District, Broad Street Capital Group (www.broadstreetcap.com) is an international private merchant bank, which since 1988 has served several foreign governments, multiple state-owned companies, as well as SMEs in emerging markets. Through its member companies, the Group focuses on developing project financing in the $100 million to $1 billion range, providing political risk mitigation, export management services and cross-border market development advisory. The Firm has done business in over 35 countries, spanning the emerging markets landscape from Bangladesh to Ukraine.

The Firm works closely with all trade and development agencies of the U.S. Government and Export Credit Agencies of several European and North American countries. Since its inception, Broad Street Capital Group has been involved in multiple high-profile cross-border transactions in IT/telecom, aerospace, healthcare, energy generation, food security, nuclear safety, hospitality and franchising sectors. The firm’s current advisory and export management portfolio exceeds $417 million and expected to exceed $1.5 billion by November 15th, 2018.

This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation to sell shares or securities in the Company or any related or associated company. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only by means of the Company’s confidential Offering Memorandum and in accordance with the terms of all applicable securities and other laws. None of the information or analyses presented are intended to form the basis for any investment decision, and no specific recommendations are intended.

For more information contact Alexander Gordin, Managing Director +1 212 705 8765 ext. 701 or via email agordin@broadstreetcap.com

Broad Street Capital Group – part of the Project Financing team, which successfully concluded a cutting-edge, OPIC insured, $250 million capital markets transaction, to finance spent nuclear fuel facility construction in Ukraine

Washington, DC, February 15, 2018.

Yesterday, at a historic ceremony near the White House, a Ukrainian State-owned enterprise, NAEK Energoatom, and a special purpose statutory Trust, have concluded a $250 million loan transaction to finance the bulk of a new Ukrainian Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility being built in the Chernobyl exclusionary zone.

The low-interest, 20-year loan, is notable for a number of important reasons:

• It is the first time i political risk insurance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – a US Government agency- has been used to issue bonds in the US capital markets, in order to finance a state-owned enterprise.
• Based on the insurance, and its merits, the project received Aa2 credit rating from Moody’s, which in turn allowed the project to benefit from significantly lower financing costs for the financing of the project.
• The project marks unique collaboration between the US and Ukrainian governments, major US public and private companies and a state-owned enterprise.

Broad Street Capital Group proudly acted as the Financial Developer on this transaction and would like to congratulate all participants and thank the entire project team for its professionalism, dedication and perseverance.

As the Financial Developer, Broad Street Capital has provided project facilitation, assembled the financing team , developed the insurance application, and secured financial support for the project.

About the Broad Street Capital Group

Based in the heart of New York City’s financial district, Broad Street Capital Group (www.broadstreetcap.com) is an international private merchant bank, which since 1988 has served several foreign governments, multiple state-owned companies, as well as SMEs in emerging markets. Through its member companies, the Group focuses on arranging project financing in the $50-500 million range, providing political risk mitigation, export management services and cross-border market development advisory. The Group has done business in over 35 countries, spanning the emerging markets landscape from Bangladesh to Ukraine.

The Firm works closely with all trade and development agencies of the U.S. Government and Export Credit Agencies of several European and North American countries. Since its inception, Broad Street Capital Group has been involved in multiple high-profile cross-border transactions in IT/telecom, aerospace, healthcare, energy generation, food security, nuclear safety, hospitality and franchising sectors. The firm’s current advisory and export management portfolio exceeds $630 million.  For more information, please contact Tamara Zykova at tz@broadstreetcap.com,